We buy from the wholesale fruit and vegetable market in our area. Being in the scheme means once every few weeks you have to go to the wholesale markets at 6am and buy from a list. Then it is bought to a central location and distributed into boxes that people come to pick up. It actually takes less time then everybody doing their own shopping.
As for people getting what they want, people can put in requests for certain grains/fruits/vegetables. But most people don't mind what comes anymore, since we are no longer penny pinching, a huge variety of stuff comes with every delivery sufficient to make a wide variety of meals. Where I live, everybody does their own cooking, which I hear is different to North America. (I live in Sydney, groceries are actually more expensive here than the US and $30 AU > $30 US, so don't think this won't work where you live.)
Also, when I say I eat for a week for $30, that is not entirely correct. I live with 4 other people. We all eat for a week for $30.
So now I buy the nice Bourbon.
If anybody lives around Surry Hills, Sydney and is so inclined, message me and you can join. I have been thinking about how to expand it with minimum effort. It'd be really interesting to have some hackers involved.
As for people getting what they want, people can put in requests for certain grains/fruits/vegetables. But most people don't mind what comes anymore, since we are no longer penny pinching, a huge variety of stuff comes with every delivery sufficient to make a wide variety of meals. Where I live, everybody does their own cooking, which I hear is different to North America. (I live in Sydney, groceries are actually more expensive here than the US and $30 AU > $30 US, so don't think this won't work where you live.)
Also, when I say I eat for a week for $30, that is not entirely correct. I live with 4 other people. We all eat for a week for $30.
So now I buy the nice Bourbon.
If anybody lives around Surry Hills, Sydney and is so inclined, message me and you can join. I have been thinking about how to expand it with minimum effort. It'd be really interesting to have some hackers involved.